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"I have gathered a posie of other men's flowers, and nothing but the
thread that binds them is mine own."
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"Out of the old fieldes cometh al this new corne fro yere to yere,"
And out of the fresh woodes cometh al these new flowres here.
The small thin volume, the first to bear the title ofthis collection, after passing through eight editions,each enlarged, now culminates in its ninth,—and withit, closes its tentative life.
This extract from the Preface of the fourth editionis applicable to the present one:—
"It is not easy to determine in all cases the degreeof familiarity that may belong to phrases and sentenceswhich present themselves for admission; for what isfamiliar to one class of readers may be quite new toanother. Many maxims of the most famous writers ofour language, and numberless curious and happy turnsfrom orators and poets, have knocked at the door, andit was hard to deny them. But to admit these simplyon their own merits, without assurance that the generalreader would readily recognize them as old friends, wasaside from the purpose of this collection. Still, it hasbeen thought better to incur the risk of erring on theside of fulness."
With the many additions to the English writers, thepresent edition contains selections from the French, andfrom the wit and wisdom of the ancients. A few passageshave been admitted without a claim to familiarity,but solely on the ground of coincidence of thought.
[vi]I am under great obligations to M. H. Morgan,Ph. D., of Harvard University, for the translation ofMarcus Aurelius, and for the translation and selectionsfrom the Greek tragic writers. I am indebted to thekindness of Mr. Daniel W. Wilder, of Kansas, for thequotations from Pilpay, with contributions from DiogenesLaertius, Montaigne, Burton, and Pope's Homer;to Dr. William J. Rolfe for quotations from RobertBrowning; to Mr. James W. BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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